rede

Definitions of rede
  1. noun
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
    synonyms: adressering, oratie, prevelement, redevoering, speech, toespraak
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    Bergrede
    the first major discourse delivered by Jesus (Matthew 5-7 and Luke 6:20-49)
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    dithyrambe, koorzang
    a wildly enthusiastic speech or piece of writing
    intreerede, openingsrede, openingstoespraak
    an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president)
    expositie, exposé, lezing, spreekbeurt, uiteenzetting, voordracht, voorlezing
    a speech that is open to the public
    oratie, oratorium, redevoering
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
    meeting
    delivering an address to a public audience
    boetepreek, boetpredikatie, donderpreek, donderspeech, homilie, kanselrede, leerrede, predikatie, preek, redenering, sermoen, zedenpreek
    an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a church service)
    lezing, opsomming, voordracht, voorlezing
    a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
    debat, disputatie
    the formal presentation of a stated proposition and the opposition to it (usually followed by a vote)
    verkiezingstoespraak
    political oratory
    afscheidsrede, afscheidswoord
    a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
    boetepreek, boetpredikatie, geloofsverkondiging, homilie, kanselrede, leerrede, predikatie, prediking, preek, sermoen, zedenpreek
    a sermon on a moral or religious topic
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    taaldaad, taalhandeling, uiting
    the use of language to perform some act
  2. noun
    addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous)
    synonyms: oratie, oratorium, redevoering
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    verkiezingstoespraak
    political oratory
    afscheidsrede, afscheidswoord
    a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class)
    diatribe
    a speech of violent denunciation
    donderpreek, donderspeech
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
    wagenladder
    declaiming wildly
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    adressering, oratie, prevelement, redevoering, speech, toespraak
    the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience
  3. noun
    the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination
    synonyms: brein, denkraam, denkvermogen, geest, geestvermogen, hersens, verstand
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    faculteit, kunnen, macht, potentie, vermogen
    one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind
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